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Savannah State has announced that it will remove men’s basketball coach Clevan Thompson’s interim tag and name him the program’s 12th head coach. “We are pleased to officially announce Coach Thompson as the head coach of our men’s basketball program,” said Savannah State Athletic Director Opio Mashariki. “He has been an integral part of the […]
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After many years of going on the road, Norfolk State’s women’s basketball team will get to host a Power 4 team in the near future. The Spartans have agreed to a home-and-home series with Duke of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the team announced Friday afternoon. “I appreciate Coach Kara Lawson’s willingness to engage in a
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The family of former North Carolina Central University (NCCU) basketball player Devin Butts has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university, alleging a series of safety failures that led to the tragic loss of the 22-year-old athlete. According to the complaint, Butts collapsed during an unsupervised, late-night workout at McDougald-McLendon Arena in April 2023.
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The family of Devin Butts, a North Carolina Central basketball player who died suddenly in 2023, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university, alleging negligence and a failure to provide adequate medical care. Butts, 22, collapsed during an offseason workout and went into cardiac arrest, according to accounts from friends and witnesses. CPR
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Talladega College has announced that Andre Payne, its former women’s basketball coach, will become its athletic director. This news comes less than two months after it was announced that Payne was being hired as the next men’s basketball coach at Allen University. In addition to taking over as AD, the school also announced that he will
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Norfolk State and Howard University won Wednesday night’s MEAC All-Sports Awards Dinner in Virginia Beach. The Spartans’ men’s programs won the Talmadge Layman Hill all-men’s sports award for the second consecutive year, while the Bison women earned the Mary McLeod Bethune all-women’s sports award for the fourth year in a row. The Norfolk State men
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A piece of Charlotte’s sports legacy just slipped through its fingers. The city’s proposal to host the 2029 CIAA Basketball Tournament has officially been labeled “dead on arrival,” according to Charlotte city leaders and officials close to the bid process. Charlotte hoped to bring back the CIAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament, an event it
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The popular CIAA basketball tournament will remain in Baltimore despite a bid from Charlotte, according to a report from the Charlotte Business Journal. Charlotte and Baltimore were the only cities to submit bids for the coveted tournament, CBJ reported. The CIAA will now stay in Baltimore through 2029. Charlotte hosted the CIAA tournament from 2006
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Some of your favorite Black musicians, comedians and even athletes served the country in U.S. Army. I know, surprising right? Read more…
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Following his departure from Fayetteville State, longtime CIAA men’s basketball coach Luke D’Alessio has found his new home within the conference. Bluefield State Big Blue, the reigning CIAA championship runner-up, will continue under Coach D’Alessio. This will serve as an unofficial trade, as former Bluefield State head coach Devin Hoehn, who left the team last
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